Nir Etzion
Nir Etzion (Hebrew: נִיר עֶצִיוֹן, lit. Etzion Meadow) is a religious moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located between Ein Hod and Ein Hawd near Atlit, at the foot of Mount Carmel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2018 it had a population of 939.[1]
Nir Etzion נִיר עֶצִיוֹן | |
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  Nir Etzion | |
| Coordinates: 32°41′52.08″N 34°59′36.59″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Haifa |
| Council | Hof HaCarmel |
| Affiliation | Religious Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Founded by | Refugees and Holocaust survivors |
| Population (2018)[1] | 939 |
| Name meaning | Etzion Meadow |
| Website | www.nirezion.com |
History
The village was established in 1950 as a kibbutz by refugees from Kfar Etzion and Be'erot Yitzhak (which had been captured by the Jordanian and Egyptian armies during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War) as well as Holocaust survivors and members of the Ahdut and Tikva kvutzot on land that had belonged to the newly depopulated Palestinian village Ayn Hawd.[2] It was affiliated with Hapoel HaMizrachi.[3]
In 1953 it converted to a moshav shitufi.[3]
References
- "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 151. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Nir Etzion - from kibbutz to moshav Davar, 8 June 1953
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